The Blue Comet was a named passenger train operated by Central Railroad of New Jersey from 1929 to 1941 between the New York metropolitan area and Atlantic City.

2023年8月3日 · All of CNJ's pacifics can point to the Reading G1s as an increasingly distant ancestor. The G3s and G4s were based on the G1s, but with additional equipment, such as stokers, mechanical lubricators, feedwater heaters, and a narrower firebox.

Three brand new G3 Pacific locomotives were assigned to the train; numbers 831, 832 and 833. The CNJ totally refurbished sixteen cars for Blue Comet service, inside and out. Each train consisted of a baggage car, combine-smoker, coaches, and an observation car.

The Central Railroad of New Jersey Class G-3 was a class of five 4-6-2 "Pacific" type steam locomotives built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works for the Central Railroad of New Jersey in 1928. In the mid to late 1920s, the Central Railroad of New Jersey needed more locomotives to operate their Blue...

The Blue Comet has been referred to as the “Seashore's Finest Train”. Idealized by CNJ president R.B. White in 1928, this train whisked passengers from Jersey City to Atlantic City in about three hours.

Jump aboard the famous Blue Comet passenger train, hauled by the CNJ's powerful G3s Pacific's in blue or black liveries, or the later weathered version as the P47 class. The package includes the Baldwin G3s Pacific locomotive in early condition, in both blue and black liveries, and a custom cab interior.

2025年2月1日 · The three engines that were designated for Blue Comet service were part of the CNJ's G-3s/P-47 class 4-6-2's built by BLW in 1928. There were 5 engines in this class numbered 831 thru 835. Only the 831,832 and 833 were painted in the Blue comet colors. The specs on the engines were: Drivers -79" Weight on drivers- 326,000 lbs Cylinders= (2) 26 ...

2011年2月1日 · It has history, pictures, an engine diagram. They were a CNJ class G3s heavy Pacific. They had 79" drivers 6’11" driver centers, 36’ 8" overall engine wheelbase. They had an Elesco feedwater heater and two single stage air pumps on the engineer’s side. The tender overall wheel base was 23’ 10.5" and had 10k gallons of water and 15 tons of coal.

The CNJ Blue Comet provided service from 1929 to 1941 between Jersey City and Atlantic City. Powered by one of three brand new Baldwin 4-6-2 G3 Pacifics (831, 832, & 833), the train and its engines were painted in Packard Blue to suggest the sea and the sky.

This HO scale model is a beautiful reproduction of the Central Railroad of New Jersey (CNJ) G-3 Blue Comet 4-6-2 locomotive, which was part of the Blue Comet express passenger train that ran between Jersey City and Atlantic City in the 1920s and 1930s.